RISD
Socially Organized Appearance, 2009
Fia Backström
Fia Backström
Holocaust Blankets with Smallpox, 2015
James Montford
This piece is made of vinyl lettering, and it accompanied by cotton and wool blankets. This piece is extremely moving and powerful piece which makes your jaw literally drop. By using the red lettering, it covers the main subject, but then uses the black lettering to pinpoint painful slurs used as this time. The piece could be seen as symmetrical, due to the blankets being folding in the center in a pile, and not thrown around on the floor below in random order and chaos. There is also contrast between the different colored lettering, which puts emphasis over the main topic. This piece tugs at the viewers heartstrings. Its a very touching piece... it covers a very sensitive topic. The Holocaust was an extremely painful time, and it affected so many families around the globe. This artwork focuses "on the notion of who owns the word Holocaust... I see this as being part of a longstanding tradition in art of addressing inequality, injustice, and intolerance." The artist also said that he "created this work to present a multilayered approach to the demystification or racial, ethnic, and gender-based discrimination."
James Montford
This piece is made of vinyl lettering, and it accompanied by cotton and wool blankets. This piece is extremely moving and powerful piece which makes your jaw literally drop. By using the red lettering, it covers the main subject, but then uses the black lettering to pinpoint painful slurs used as this time. The piece could be seen as symmetrical, due to the blankets being folding in the center in a pile, and not thrown around on the floor below in random order and chaos. There is also contrast between the different colored lettering, which puts emphasis over the main topic. This piece tugs at the viewers heartstrings. Its a very touching piece... it covers a very sensitive topic. The Holocaust was an extremely painful time, and it affected so many families around the globe. This artwork focuses "on the notion of who owns the word Holocaust... I see this as being part of a longstanding tradition in art of addressing inequality, injustice, and intolerance." The artist also said that he "created this work to present a multilayered approach to the demystification or racial, ethnic, and gender-based discrimination."
ICA
Discarded #5, 2012-2015
Anthony Hernandez
Brawley, California
This inkjet print (78 5/8 x 44 1/8 inches (199.7 × 112.1 cm)) is a charged photograph, which focuses on the social issue of poverty in America. The title exposes how Americans often "discard", or throw away, what they no longer need or want... including people. Notice the mans stare, and how he even seems disturbed or annoyed by the photographers presence. Anthony Hernandez usually takes photographs that expose a societal issue that many Americans choose to ignore or overlook because it's not "pretty" or appealing. Hernandez photographs what people need to see... not what people ask to see. In regards to the technical aspects of this piece, it follows the Rule of Thirds due to the man being at the center of the image. There is line, shape, color and texture on the bus and the subject. I thoroughly enjoy this piece, and I hope it becomes a more important piece of art in history because I believe America needs to be exposed to the cold-hard truth about our issues. Instead of sugar coating our problems, or turning a blind eye, we need to address them, change our ways, and come up with solutions. Anthony Hernandez gives us a taste of reality through this piece.
Anthony Hernandez
Brawley, California
This inkjet print (78 5/8 x 44 1/8 inches (199.7 × 112.1 cm)) is a charged photograph, which focuses on the social issue of poverty in America. The title exposes how Americans often "discard", or throw away, what they no longer need or want... including people. Notice the mans stare, and how he even seems disturbed or annoyed by the photographers presence. Anthony Hernandez usually takes photographs that expose a societal issue that many Americans choose to ignore or overlook because it's not "pretty" or appealing. Hernandez photographs what people need to see... not what people ask to see. In regards to the technical aspects of this piece, it follows the Rule of Thirds due to the man being at the center of the image. There is line, shape, color and texture on the bus and the subject. I thoroughly enjoy this piece, and I hope it becomes a more important piece of art in history because I believe America needs to be exposed to the cold-hard truth about our issues. Instead of sugar coating our problems, or turning a blind eye, we need to address them, change our ways, and come up with solutions. Anthony Hernandez gives us a taste of reality through this piece.
Remake of the Weekend (Stills), 1998
Pipilotti Rist
Pipilotti Rist